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    Date Rape and Dating Violence In today’s society‚ just about everybody goes out on date to get to know people and to see if they are compatible with each other. For most people‚ if the time spent with the other person was enjoyable there usually will be other dates with that person‚ but then there are others who only want to go out on one date and to have that end in a night of sex‚ these types of dates are called one-night stands. Looking at these two types of dating scenarios one would think

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    Lasting Marriages By: Pam d’Artenay ENGLISH 121 Mr. Dai’Re March 7‚ 2013 What does it take to make a marriage last? Recent statistics show that more than half of marriages end up in divorce. (CDC-‚ 2012) What goes wrong? Do people give up too quickly? Is it a matter of not knowing how to make it work? Some of the skills needed to make a marriage last consist of intimacy‚ passion‚ forgiveness‚ commitment‚ compromise‚ common values‚ and conflict-resolution skills. However‚ the most important

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    Marriage It is known that a man is connected with society. He can’t be alone‚ he is in contact with people constantly. But he should have close people in his circle. He needs their support among constantly growing problems. Of course a man has friends. But his dearest person whom he can tell his thoughts‚ whom he can get away from the problems with‚ takes a specific position. So‚ a man strives to find such a person to make his own family. But in the midst of choosing the perfect wedding dress

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    For the Love of Sports Frederick L. Webster Ashford University Sociology in Sports SOC318 Eric Dybvig December 13‚ 2009 For the Love of Sports In this paper‚ I will apply the functionalist theory to answer the question: “Why are people fanatically interested in playing and watching sports?” Culture‚ social structure‚ and social interaction play major roles in contributing to the reasons why people are fanatically interested in sports. Sport fans have a personal connection to their

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    Jannice Sandberg “Marriage” Gender roles are a set of norms that describes how a man or woman should behave or what they should do. This could be for example occupation wise or position in the family. In the past the women’s position in the family has been a lot different than what it is now. Today men and women are fairly equal but in the past the men have been the ones who should work while the women should be at home taking care of what was to be done there and look after the children. This

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    Secular Versus Christian Dating Society today has a very loose interpretation of dating. Teenagers are sexually active at an early age and most think that a sexual relationship is what love is about. A commitment to one person seems to be a thing of the past. God instructions in I Corinthians 6:18 are to “flee from sexual immorality” (Holy Bible‚ NKJV). As a believer we should be very selective in the person we want to be our mate for life. Secular views are to choose based on appearance

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    Week 7 Assignment What factors bind marriages and families together? How have these factors changed‚ and how has the divorce rate been affected? Factors that bind marriages together are legal‚ economic independence‚ social and moral. These factors are lessening and intimacy is being more sought after. Marriage mates can maintain stability by taking out time for each other; they need to find a proper way to balance family time over work time. The divorce rate is increasing due to very little

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    1.1 What is Marriage 1.2 What is Cohabitation CHAPTER TWO – ORIGIN OF MARRIAGE 2.1 Types of Marriage 2.2 Justification of Marriage 2.3 Christian Perspective of Marriage 2.4 Advantages and dis-advantages of Marriage CHAPTER THREE – ORIGIN OF COHABITATION 3.1 Types of Cohabitation 3.2 Justification of Cohabitation 3.3 Christian perspective of Cohabitation 3.4 Advantages and dis- advantages of Cohabitation CHAPTER FOUR – MARRIAGE AND COHABITATION 4.1 Relationship between Marriage and Cohabitation

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    2013 Homosexual marriage Can you imagine the love of your life fighting tooth and nail to marry you without any success? Or can you imagine other couples exploiting their marital opportunities‚ but you never being given a single opportunity to choose your life partner? Marriage has been universally acknowledged throughout history as a legal contract between a man and a woman in which there is emotional and sexual fidelity‚ along with childrearing (Slick1). But homosexual marriage would change this

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    On-line Tutorial Pre-Writing (This resource was created by Richard Wing‚ Yale University‚ July 2009) Pre-writing is perhaps the most important part of the writing process as it lays a foundation for the writing that is to come. During this stage‚ writers establish the purpose of the work and the audience for whom it will be written as well as their argument and an outline for the piece. It is also a period during which preliminary research on the topic is conducted. Optimal pre-writing strategies

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